left hand, meet right hand...

It's been 6 hrs now since Mr bt installed his bits.
Unfortunately I don't have any stats for you guys as I'm not due to be activated until midnight tonight, or midnight tomorrow!

So I now have no broadband and no definitive time of when it will be activated?

I rang the helldesk and spoke to a very assured young man, who saw no problem with my install happening today and was very confident that my service would be activated by midnight tomorrow!

Nice, but at no point has anyone said you'll have no service for anything up to 36 hrs.

I then spoke to a nice lady in order updates (?) who advised that the technical boys and girls were wrong and my service would be activated by midnight tonight.

So that's alright then, the wife and I can both go and mug mucky D's for their free WiFi, can we bill Plusnet (or minus net as we should be calling it) for fuel, compulsory purchase of something and our time while they get their house in order and their information consistent across departments.
They also need to inform potential clients that things may not go according to plan, and that common sense appears to be in short supply in sunny Sheffield.

Come back o2, all is forgiven

It's not the end of the world as we know it, it just seems like it is!
On my way to Plusnet FTTC - D-Day 10/6/13

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Re: left hand, meet right hand...

It's just down to the ambiguity of the word "midnight". Every day has 2 midnights; 1 at the start and 1 and the end, as midnight is the transition from 1 day to the next. So it is possible for "midnight today" to be the same moment as "midnight tomorrow"

Generally when fibre is installed on a particular day, it will be activated at the latest by midnight coming the same day.

Really, to avoid confusion, ISPs should state that activation will take place by either 11:59PM the day of installation or 12:01AM the following day, as is used in all properly worded legal documents, and this is a legal contract.